Starting in the small northern Sardinian town of Tempio Pausania, Stage 1 heads east along the Gulf of Asinara, then through Sassari, the main town of that area, then it goes south over the Villanova Monteleone climb before descending to the finish in Bosa.
Milram's Ale-Jet Petacchi will be looking for the sprint win, but he'll have to get past CSC's emerging fast man JJ Haedo (see interview) and fend off Predictor's Rockin' Robbie McEwen.
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'It's a day for Van der Poel, Van Aert and of course Tadej' – Will Pogačar be in yellow by the end of Tour de France stage 2?
Punchy final in Boulogne-sur-Mer brings GC battle with Vingegaard back in play for a second day -
Giro d'Italia Women - stage 1 time trial start times
Elisa Longo Borghini last of 153 riders in opening stage -
'I'm really sorry' - Jonathan Milan and Tim Merlier disappointed to miss out in Tour de France sprint on stage 1
Big-name sprinters left to fight for 39th place after missing decisive split in the peloton -
'The guys were asleep' – Primož Roglič among GC losers in crosswinds on Tour de France stage 1
Yates twins out of contention, late crash no issue for Ben O'Connor - a rundown of the hopefuls who lost time in Lille, with many caught out in Visma-Lease a Bike-led crosswind assault
